Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Ga has set up a High Level Committee to enquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding of ONGC vessels in the cyclone “Tauktae”.
- Several vessels of ONGC with more than 600 people on board, were stranded in offshore areas during cyclone “Tauktae”. The stranding, drifting and subsequent events have led to loss of several lives.
- The Committee, comprising of Shri Amitabh Kumar, Director General of Shipping, Shri S.C.L. Das, Director General of Hydrocarbons, and Smt. NazliJafriShayin, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence, has been constituted to inquire into the incidents.
- The Committee will look into several aspects which includes whether the warnings issued by Meteorological Department and other statutory authorities were adequately considered and acted upon.
